Store-front construction



Feb. 14, 1928.

1,659,430 F. HIMMEL ET AL STORE FRONT CONSTRUCTION Filed Jan. 24. 1927Patented ,Feb. 14, 1928.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRED HIMMEL AND IS IDORE HIMMEL, OF NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNORS TOTHE EIMMEL BROS. 00., OF NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION.

STORE-FRONT consrnucrron.

Application filed January 24, 1927. Serial No. 162,967.

This invention relates to improvement in store-front construction, that1s, metal strips between which a sheet of glass is mounted.

The inner and outer strips are connected 7 together by screws, andfrequently these screws extend at a right angle to the plane of theglass and it sometimes happens that the glass comes in contact with thescrews,

so that a jar will tend to break the lass I0 by pressing against thescrews. The object of this invention is to provide guards through whichthe screws extend, so as to provide a bearing to prevent the glass fromcoming in contact with the screws; a further object of the invention isto provide stops on one member to provide a bearing for the lower edgeof the other member, and the invention consists in the construction ashereinafter described and particularly recited in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings:

Fig. 1 is a front View of a store-front construction embodying ourinvention;

Fig. 2 is a sectional view on the line 22 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a sectional view on the line 33 of Flg. 1; and

Fig. 4. is a sectional view ofa modified form of stop.

In carrying out our invention, we employ an innermember 5 formed fromsheet-metal in any desired manner, and the vertical wall 6 is formedwith elongated slots 7, in which are mounted elongated fenders .8. Thesefenders are formed from tubing or folded up from sheet-metal, andpreferably provided, near their inner ends, with an annular shoulder 9to bear against the outer face of the wall 6, while the inner end 10 ofthe fender is bent over the inner surface of the wall 6, so as to befirmly interlocked therewith. An outer strip 11 of desired form isconnected with the casing 12 by screws 13 extending through the fendersThese fenders provide a. bearing for the edge of the glass 14 and,consequently,

tongue and edge of prevent the edge of the glass from coming in contactwith the screws 13, so as to be chipped thereby. The inner member 5 hasa bottom flange 15, and from this flange a series of tongues 16 areturned upwardly and outwardly, so that the outer-edge of the upper endof the ton ue is in line with the outer edge of the flange 15, and thisthe flange form a hear ing for the lower portion 17 of the outer strip11. y a

Instead of forming the tongues from the flange 15, as shown in Fig. 3 ofthe drawings, the tongues 18 may be formed on the inner edge of theouter strip so as to bear against the outer end of the flange 15, asshown in Fig. 4 of the drawings.

In both instances, these tongues provide spacers to properly locate theouter strips.

The construction shown in Fig. 4 of the drawings is not claimed herein,but is made the subject of a separate application filed December 28,1927, Serial No. 242,991.

It is obvious, without illustration, that if the fenders are not formedfrom tubing, the edges need not necessarily meet, as the only object ofthe fenders is to prevent the contact of the edge of the glass with theattaching screws.

' We claim:

1. A storefront construction, comprising an inner and an outer stripflattened, tubular fenders mounted in the inner strip, and screwsextending throughthe outer strip and through the said fenders.

V 2. A store front construction, comprising inner and outer strips, theinner strip formed with an opening, tubular fenders mounted in saidopening and projecting forward therefrom, and screws extending throughthe outer strip and through said fenders.

Intestimony whereof, we have signed this specification. V

FRED HIMMEL. ISIDORE HIMMEL.

